Issues: pedestrian light

I sit here every day waiting for this light to change so I can turn left onto e lafayette to get to my house. sometimes it cycles the pedestrian lights, but not the traffic lights. based on traffic patterns this should be a stop sign the only reason to turn left here is to get to a house on lafayette, and franklin is a one way street.

Watch area for Quincy, Mass.
This is a busy intersection for walkers going to/from the Wollaston T and seniors who live in the senior housing in the neighborhood. Drivers constantly go through the red light to take a right on red and even left on red when the walk signal is chirping. It is very dangerous for walkers.

Kathy Dunn(Guest)

A police officer should be stationed here during rush hours in the morning and afternoon, it is a very dangerous intersection due to vehicles not heeding the walk signal and stopping. Drivers take right on red without stopping and left on red!

I want to...

There is an inordinately long wait for the crosswalk signal at this dangerous intersection. Then, most cars turn right on red (or go straight through the red light) even though the crosswalk light is on. This has happened with police at the intersection, who ignored the drivers making dangerous choices.

We are closing this issue because it was created with no category. We are upgrading our system and adding appropriate categories so that this will not be a problem in the future. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

why do so many people push the walk signal and then walk through the intersection anyway? i find it happens especially at this intersection in the evening.

i understand that as a time-saving measure, people walking through an urban environment might just take the path of least resistance. but, in the long run, i think it only increases the number of agitated drivers grumbling at red lights, ready to "make up for lost time" by speeding and running lights down the road.

(in appleton, WI, i saw great walk signals that were more specific to where you were crossing, and didn't just stop the traffic on all sides every time...)

Guest(Guest)

S: Juli doesn't own a car. I sincerely doubt her report is based on not being willing to wait for the light to turn green.

Quail has the right of it, in my estimation--as a pedestrian, I TRY to do the right thing by pushing the signal, but I often end up standing on the curb waiting, waiting, waiting--the cars all pass--and there I am, waiting and waiting, and waiting, with no cars oncoming. If I don't push the button, I don't know that it will eventually change.

If I do push the button, I feel like an idiot, standing on the side of the road for 4 minutes with no cars coming waiting to cross.

The pedestrian signals have to be fixed and placed at similar priority as the car signals, or no one will use them properly.

I think Juli's post brings this issue to attention & I hope to see more work done by TT&P to further equalize the level of service for pedestrians and cars.

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Thank you for reporting this issue to the City of Somerville. I have created work order #264321 to have our engineer from traffic & parking examine the reported issue with the walk signal at Cutter and Highland. If you have any further questions or comments, please either email the City at 311updates@somervillema.gov or call us directly at 617-666-3311.

@Cleveland, Route 1 is not a town road, so the State would be responsible. Not sure that the pedestrian control is as complete as a true crosswalk (like at Route 1 and Wall Street for example), as it doesn't have a walk / don't walk sign, just a pedestrian height traffic light... but might be worth a call to the State DOT Phone: 860-594-2000 to request a full cross walk.

The newly installed crosswalk signals are blocking sidewalk access for wheelchairs and are also blocking part of the sidewalk for the large numbers of students walking to and from Mauro-Sheridan and Chapel Haven schools! The corners do have ramp access, but the sidewalks on Emerson Street are very narrow. If my memory serves correctly, these crosswalks were petitioned and installed after a tragic accident involving a Chapel Haven resident in a wheelchair many years ago...PLEASE fix this newly created problem and make our street safe for all!!!

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Every single morning the post office parks trucks in the crosswalk at the corner and obscures the walk/don't walk signal, and blocks the crosswalk making it dangerous to cross the street right across from a school.